I used to live in LA, where I had an outstanding stylist (Bob Gevar at Transcend). I've moved around a lot since then and found some okay to great stylists, but the year I lived in TO I discovered Parlour. Paul is up there with Bob as best hair stylist I have ever visited. He is cool and very knowledgable and talented. Really an artist. I once told him I wanted to try something new by going short and he gave me the cutest cut, that was entirely his creation (I trusted him enough to let him do his own thing). I have been chasing that illusive experience ever since.
During this time period, my husband drunkenly cut his own hair. It was a disaster, but Paul was able to do some miraculous recovery and he actually looked like his style was deliberate and hip.